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Non-scientific name:

山药

2 Accepted name(s) for "山药":

Accepted name
Dioscorea japonica Thunb.
Dioscorea oppositifolia L.

5 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Dioscorea japonica Thunb. Dioscorea japonica Thunb. Dioscorea japonica Thunb.
Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Dioscorea opposita Dioscorea opposita Thunb.

MPNS Best Guess

 Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Radix
TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Dioscorea oppo-sita Thunb. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Dioscorea opposita Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. tuber starch
Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Roots

22 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "山药":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
chinese potato Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
chinese yam Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shan yao Other TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
shanyao Other Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
shān yào Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān yù Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shānyào Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
shǔ yù Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wáng yù Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yam Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
yán cǎo Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ér cǎo Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
儿草 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山芋 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山药藤 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山薬 Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
山藥 Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
延草 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
淮山 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
王芋 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薯蓣 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
零余子 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)